GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1753

Another view of Great Western Railway large prairie 5101 class 2-6-2T No 5102 waiting with some clerestory coach stock on the up main line with a red tail lamp on the buffer beam, circa 1929-30. Behind, in bay platform No 9 is a toplight coach which is probably one of the Birmingham division four coach suburban sets. This is the same locomotive and coaches seen in image 'gwrbsh49', taken by the same photographer from a position a little further down the platform. No 5102 was initially allocated to Tyseley shed (TYS), but the locomotive was known to be allocated to Stourbridge shed (STB) in January 1934 and to Birkenhead shed (BHD) in January 1938. Prior to nationalisation, in December 1947 No 5102 was again allocated to Tyseley shed and was there (84E) in August 1950. In March 1959 No 5102 was known to have been allocated to Neath shed (87A) and was withdrawn from there a year later in March 1960, being disposed of at Swindon in June 1960.

Robert Ferris

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